the repubs are trying to secure cheap labor, dont think for a minute hey support trump.
thats actually not really true anymore:
if you are paying off the book cash....yes
if you have a illegal on the books (half legal, or over stay visa/ legal at one time), you have to pay them minimum wage...believe me i know...
the amount of cabbage pickers that live in tin shanties is a drop in the bucket, numbers wise.
a huge company around the corner 2300 employees about 220 million in sales (makes bottles of generic tylenol and vit c etc) had to let go 900-1000 employees last year that had immigration issues. weather it was overstay visa, flat out illegal etc.
they paid a huge fine and all the legal stuff as well but;
thats one company who has HR departments and part of the shop was union as well.
and the only reason they got "caught" was that one lady got fired from hr and ratted them out, told the feds where every folder and file they needed was.
everyone thinks its the dishwasher or landscaper being taken advantage of by the rich american...not even close.
i have guys who are legally here that get paid 13-14$ a hour, that leave my place to go landscape.
they all wait at certain corners and get picked up in the morning as day workers. $100 a day cash.
some guys get less or more depending on the ability. rake, mower, trimmer, etc
they tell me they dont want to quit but they make more money mowing lawns then working for me.
ill hire some back if they were strait with me off the bat.
real numbers from california 2007:
from the Public Policy Institute of California
"Only about 40,000 people are either employed as day laborers or looking for day labor jobs on any given day in California. That is just 3 percent of the total estimated undocumented male workforce in the state – and only 0.2 percent of the entire state workforce.
Also surprising is that day laborers earn substantially more than minimum wage: an average of $11.32 per hour."
dont get caught by the fake shit the media puts out, numbers are numbers.
no one is getting whipped, or being grossly taken advantage except for you and me paying taxes every day.